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We work with universities, individual researchers and companies to explore with them, and their stakeholders, how they can put their research and innovation skills to better use for people and the environment.

We also help policy makers, governance and funding institutions explore how to align systems and incentives to be more responsive to the needs of society.

Key issues reports & writing: Driven by our vision for research & innovation we develop blogs, articles and reports to highlight key issues and help develop new thinking for ourselves and with others. (Eg European Commission – Briefing on Responsible Innovation; Future Foods; What does the public expect of companies using innovative technologies; Emerging Technology Risk – are we asking the wrong questions?)

Governance & voluntary initiatives: A key component of effective change is governance. Though we on occasion get involved in mandatory governance initiatives, our approach focuses on voluntary initiatives which bring stakeholders together to consider their responsibilities in key areas. This is not particularly effective in terms of behaviour change in the short term, however, it does, in our view, develop a dialogue about responsibilities which would not otherwise happen. We lead on the development of a number of initiatives The Responsible Nano Code, the Principles for Responsible Innovation, and currently in its early stages, Principles for Responsible Robotics (in progress). We have been involved in a number of such initiatives in our previous work.

We work with universities, individual researchers and companies to explore with them, and their stakeholders, how they can put their research and innovation skills to better use for people and the environment.